NBC Upfronts 2015: trailers
Check out trailers for new shows, including dramas with Melissa George, Don Hany & Sullivan Stapleton.
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Melissa George, Don Hany and Sullivan Stapleton all have roles in upcoming US dramas on NBC.
New Fall shows include Heartbreaker, Blindspot, Heroes Reborn, The Player, Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris, People are Talking and a Live performance of The Wiz.
“We’re attacking the new season with the same programming strategy that successfully turned NBC around — a slate of provocative and innovative series and events that cut through the clutter and will continue to build on our momentum,” said Robert Greenblatt, NBC Entertainment chairman. “We have several powerful new dramas and attention-getting new comedies, including the return of Undateable, which will be broadcast live every week next season. Live programming is one more way to make a show undeniable.”
Australian comedy format The Strange Calls is not proceeding but may be redeveloped.
Selected trailers:
HEARTBREAKER (fka HEART MATTERS)
Picked up to series
STUDIO: Universal Television
TEAM: Jill Gordon (w, ep), Amy Brenneman (ep), Brad Silberling (ep), Susan Carlson (co-ep), Eric Carlson (co-ep), Kelly Meyer (co-ep), Kathy Magliato (co-ep)
LOGLINE: Medical soap follows the outspoken Alex Panttiere, one of the rare female heart-transplant surgeons. She brings an innovative eye to treating patients week to week while also balancing the complications of her professional and romantic life. Inspired by the life of Dr. Kathy Magliato.
CAST: Melissa George, Jamie Kennedy, Dave Annable, Shelley Conn, Maya Erskine, Joshua Leonard, D.L. Hughley, JLouis Mills
BLINDSPOT
Picked up to series
STUDIO: Warner Bros TV/Berlanti Productions
TEAM: Martin Gero (w, ep), Greg Berlanti (ep), Mark Pellington (d, ep)
LOGLINE: A beautiful woman finds herself at the center of an investigation after climbing out of a duffel bag in the middle of Times Square in New York City with her memory wiped and no clue as to what the extensive tattoos on her body mean. The FBI begin to follow the road map on her body to reveal a larger conspiracy while bringing her closer to discovering the truth about her identity.
CAST: Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ashley Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6zVQXpUe_0
PEOPLE ARE TALKING (multi-camera)
Picked up to series
STUDIO: Universal TV/Will Packer Productions
TEAM: DJ Nash (w, ep), Will Packer (ep), Pam Fryman (d)
LOGLINE: A comedy examining sex, race and everything else your parents told you never to talk about.
CAST: Tone Bell, Bresha Webb, Brooke Ishibashi, Mark-Paul Gosselaar
THE PLAYER (fka ENDGAME)
Picked up to series
STUDIO: Sony TV/Davis Entertainment
TEAM: John Rogers (w, ep), John Davis (ep), John Fox (ep)
LOGLINE: In the high-stakes world of Las Vegas, a former sniper-turned-security expert is drawn into a mysterious conspiracy that forces him to complete a series of heroic challenges in order to save innocent lives.
CAST: Philip Winchester, Charity Wakefield, Cara Buono
Fall schedule (new shows in CAPS):
MONDAY
8-10 p.m. — The Voice
10-11 p.m. — BLINDSPOT
TUESDAY
8-9 p.m. — The Voice
9-10. p.m. — HEARTBREAKER
10-11 p.m. — BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS (through November)
10-11 p.m. — Chicago Fire (premieres in November)
WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. — The Mysteries of Laura
9-10 p.m. — Law & Order: SVU
10-11 p.m. — Chicago P.D.
THURSDAY
8-9 p.m. — HEROES REBORN
9-10 p.m. — The Blacklist
10-11 p.m. — THE PLAYER
FRIDAY
8-8:30 p.m. — Undateable (live)
8:30-9 p.m. — PEOPLE ARE TALKING
9-10 p.m. — Grimm
10-11 p.m. — Dateline
SATURDAY
8-10 p.m. — Dateline Saturday Night Mystery
10-11 p.m. — Saturday Night Live (Classic encores)
SUNDAY
7-8:20 p.m. — Football Night in America
8:20-11 p.m. — Sunday Night Football
Source: Hollywood Reporter, Deadline
9 Responses
Will watch: Heroes Reborn … maybe, depends on the cast… The rest does not interest me… 🙂
Heroes and blindspot are the picks of the bunch there,
Blindspot looks interesting although the tattoo gimmick is ripped off from Prison Break
The rest look rubbish especially The Player
I thought prison break meets the blacklist.
That Melissa George show looks dreadful and completely cliched!
Might be a stupid question.., but what does fka mean??
Thanks
Heartbreaker (fka Heart Matters)
I worked it out. Formerly known as
Which show is Don Hany going to be on?
Heartbreaker.